hey, everybody. good morning, it is sunday, the 11th of may. i'm anna kooiman. a fox news alert, new shocking details of what happened after a hot air balloon collided with power lines and burst into flames. two of the victims have been identified while crews search for a third. a live report straight ahead. and brand new members of benghazi's select committee vowing to deliver justice finally. >> the american people want to know the truth about what happened that night in the early hours of the next day. they want to know the truth. and we owe the truth to them. >> the democrats agree.

will they even participant? we'll have the latest on that coming up. if you disagree with common core and you are a right extremist, so does caring about your child's education make you a bigot? we'll tell you who said those words. not me. "fox and friends weekend" begins right now. >> i love you, mom. >> love you, mom. good morning. >> it is mother's day. >> happy mother's day, everyone. a live look down vacant sixth avenue while people are hopefully spending time with their moms today. >> everyone is making their mama breakfast in bed today. we want to say a big thank you to 1-800-flowers. i've been fighting with the makeup and hair ladies today. they are amazing.

>> can you send in your photos this morning if you are making breakfast in bed for your mom this morning? show the disaster that will be your kitchen this morning. i want to see those photos. send them to us on twitter, ffweekend, we'll show photos of your mom's breakfast in bed if you can pull it off. first, a fox news alert this morning. heartwrenching details for the final moments of members aboard a hot air balloon that caught fire in virginia. >> revealing pictures of more of those who died on board at the time. peter doocy has more. >> reporter: good morning. the three people who took flight in the hot air balloon that caught fire in the frightening scene on friday waited around all day to liftoff. and that very sadly reflected on the social media accounts of one victim, jenny doyle, who tweeted this, tried it at 6:30 a.m. but was too foggy. we'll go up this evening,

#anxiety. almost 12 hours later around 6:00 p.m., they did go up but after two hours in the air during its decent the balloon hit a power line, caught fire and crashed to the ground. the body of genny doyle and the woman's basketball coach for the last 16 years and the former player herself has been recovered. so has the body of the balloon's pilot unidentified. another passenger, 24-year-old natalie lewis who coached with the university of richmond basketball's team is still missing. and investigators are now combing an area of thick woods in virginia looking for her. more than 100 rescuers are joining in the search effort down in caroline county. and the parents of natalie are quoted asking for prayers still holding out hope their daughter survived the scary accident where two of the people in the gondola were seen by people in the ground jumping or falling

from the gondola while the pilot tried desperately to control the flames before the balloon separated from the gondola sending it crashing to the earth. the whole time people on the ground could hear helpless passengers crying for help and screaming that they thought they were going to die. back to you in new york. >> such a sad story. thank you, peter. peter, you have something special for somebody special in your life today, it is mother's day after all, right? >> it is. >> you have a photo? >> oh, are we going to haul it up right now? there it is. that is my sister. i'm there on the left. that is my sister sally in the little carriage, and mary is in the car seat. that's the first mother's day altogether. >> are you driving? >> i was driving, yes. they start them young in fairfax county, virginia, when i was little. >> you must be in the u.k. or australia or something on the other side.

peter, thank you so much. >> yep. we have other stories making headlines this sunday morning. we want to get to the embattled phoenix v.a. is getting a new health chief. steve young who is head of the salt lake v.a. will shift to phoenix tomorrow as interim director. young will now oversee health care for 85,000 veterans. the move comes after heavy criticism over allegations of hiding treatment delays that alleged to the death of 40 veterans. many organizations have called for the resignation of v.a. secretary eric shinseki. and shoppers at a mall think they hair gunshots. it turns out that noise was actually exploding car tires. paramus police say a car went up in flames at the garden state plaza mall and minutes later

people reported to hear the mall was evacuated as a precaution. police found no evidence of gunfire or a gunman. this is the same mall where a 20-year-old man fired shots into the air in november before turning the gun on himself. and the search is on for three missing boaters in falsom lake outside of sacramento, california. the 40-foot boat capsized and the three passengers aboard haven't been seen since. windy weather and choppy weather hasn't helped the search earth as boats, helicopters and divers scour the lake. they called off the search as darkness fell with the search resuming this morning. well, tomorrow marks the first day in almost three years a tourist will be allowed to visit the washington monument. the national landmark closed in the summer of 2011 after an earthquake shook the entire structure damaging it quite badly. repairs cost $15 million, half of which were paid by

philanthropist david rubenstein. those are your headlines. paid for by an individual, that's the only thing working in washington. pretty unbelievable. we have been following from the very beginning the aftermath of the benghazi tragedy almost two years ago. here's the very latest, so there is a special committee that has been formed by republicans. democrats have not decided whether they will be part of that. seven republicans have been selected for the select committee. there will be five democratic seats, but nancy pelosi has nod decided whether or not to allow members of the caucus to join them. the congressman of georgia made this point in response to what you heard from democrats lately, who cares, it's over. here's her response to that. >> it's just a continuation of the message that secretary of state then clinton said what difference does it make? well, it makes a big difference to the american people. the american people want to know the truth about what happened

that night and in the early hours of the next day. they want to know the truth. and we owe the truth to them and we owe it to those four families that had loved ones murdered in this attack. >> and the idea of how many investigations are we going to have? we need to figure out exactly what happened and when the promise of the most transparent presidency in history doesn't seem to be coming to fruition when congress can't get the same documents that a nonprofit judicial watch had to sue for, even the freedom information act, points to a cover-up. >> right. and the documents continue to trickle out as late as last week they continue to come out. so i find it amazing the democrats are continuing to criticize this and yet to tucker's point, they have not decided to join the select committee or not. so they will just insult it and mock it to say it's a political stunt. last night on "judge jeanine"

this man has this to say about the entire process. >> i would scream from my lungs forward. justice deserves to be served. if they don't, they have so much to lose, it tells americans they are not interested in the truth and interested about a video, and that includes the president, judge, as well. he was the one that went in front of the united nations to talk about the video, even back then, two weeks after benghazi. so they are not interested in the truth, they are only interested in their narratives. >> and not participating in this seams like the political stunt that nancy pelosi is accusing john boehner of doing. it seems like just the opposite is actually happening. >> we are a long way of healing these wounds. if somebody, anybody were taken into custody for these murders. news organizations have been able to interview suspects in this case, but the u.s. government -- >> we can't track them but we can track american citizens. here's a question, have you been critical of common core?

many have. i might be, but there's a legitimate debate about common core, but not according to the southern poverty law center. the self-described civil rights group in georgia issued a report recently that said groups that criticize common core, the federal education standards are right-wing extremists. >> they specifically point out fox news and by having a discussion say this, the disinformation campaign is being driven by the likes of fox news, the john burkes society, tea party faction and the christian right. we've had healthy debates on both sides of the common core debate. parents are outraged about it and also administrators like common core. we have had a healthy debate about it here. so it is fox news to blame for the problem of common core, not the implementation of it across states across this country, the way educators are not implementing it, it's been done by administrators, but it is our fault as fox news. >> here's the problem, again, there's legitimate debate about

common core. this does not abate that debate. this shuts it down. this is another example of the left using bigotry to get people they disagree with to shut up. this is not inviting people to have a rational discussion about anything. it's saying, be quiet, you disagree with you, you're a bigot. >> we are trying to get the same kids to learn the same thing at the same time across the country, and have this uniform set of standards, but it doesn't work for everyone. so clearly that's one of the biggest problems. one of the great things about it is they are trying to get more people to graduate and be able to pass the tests in order to get their high school diploma and then go to college and graduate from there. >> coming up, we'll show you a math problem that takes six steps to do and it takes one step to do it. so there could be issues. >> one less thing you saw from president obama the other day on

global warming, there's no debate. anyone who engages in it is a neatndrethal. >> you can weigh in on foxnews.com. and let's go to rick reichmuth and his mother's day forecast. >> or there's not enough meteorology in common core. we should have a lot more of that. this morning you're waking up to things better that yesterday on the east coast. it will be a nice day for all the moms across new england and the southeast. things are clearing out. the central part of the country is where the problems are going to be. big storms moving in near i-80 near nebraska. some are already severe. and we have the storm pulmoing into the rockies bringing snow from the wasatch of utah to the colorado rockies. and it will be heavy. big-time winter snow still. take a look at this. today's severe weather threat anywhere in yellow with the

threat for severe weather, but the red bull's-eye could be a large track tornadoes, especially across nebraska and iowa. starting midday today, we'll have to watch for the tornado threat in that area. >> thank you, rick. coming up here on the show, it's the latest veterans affair bombshell. e-mails revealing employees at the v.a. hospital in wyoming were instructed to manipulate patient records. and worse, the head of the v.a. knew about it for years. how the veterans react, next. and this story will make you smile. a tiny dog gets a big helping hand. now he and the man that saved him are getting their 15 minutes of fame. it's a good story. ♪ scott: appears buster's been busy. man: yeah, scott. i was just about to use the uh... scott: that's a bunch of ground-up paper, lad! scotts ez seed uses the finest seed, fertilizer, and

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hello and good morning. 16 minutes after the hour on your sunday morning. a v.a. employee has been placed on administrative leave after an e-mail surfaced on directing his staff on how to, quote, game the system. the e-mail from david newman reads this, yes, it is gaming the system a bit, but you have to know the rules of the game you are playing and when we exceed the 14-day measure, the front office gets very upset. well, this is just the latest in the string of problem that is have been surfacing with the v.a., so how is the veterans office helping and reacting? we'll can jesse james guff, a member of the concerned veterans of america. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> finally some action has been taken. the secretary made the action on may 9th when he found out about this, but jesse james duffy, our producers uncovered a report from december showing that there

was some information revealed saying the very same thing. >> you know what? i find this has been going on continuously and veterans are aware of this. this has been going on in the past year alone. five deaths were associated with a lack of care and dorne medical facility. we have had multiple deaths due to ligoniers disease in ohio. and 1.5 million records have been deleted for appointments by the v.a. and the secretary is acting like, now i am coming in to save the day? that's apalling to me. >> it is inarguable that he's a war hero with good intentions, so where is the disconnect on all this? >> i applaud him on being a veteran but many of the veterans have served multitell tours overseas and put their lives on the line also. so to give him special privilege because of his status, how about

what the v.a. is possible for? when the v.a. cares more about numbers than its lives, it has lost its soul. >> the media has been asking tough questions and finally some action is what we're seeing with some accountability, but how do we get more of this? nobody's lost their job. >> that's another thing. it's a v.a. accountability management, manageability and accountability act. it's the same thing that secretary hagel can do, fire executives. sharon hagel out in phoenix who allowed the secret list of 1600 veterans? she was promoted after fudging numbers out of seattle, washington, on veteran suicide. so instead of moving them out, they move them up. >> just move them to a different state making sure nobody will notice is what a lot of critics are saying. how high do you think this culture of alleged corruption

with cooking the books goes, how high up you think? >> when 1.5 million records were found by the government accountability office to have just disappeared, it's as if the veterans don't exist. 1.5 million records were deleted and we don't know whether the veterans ever received care. the 40 veterans dead in phoenix and the 5 in dorne medical facility, i think it is thousands of veterans that have lost their lives. >> when they signed up to serve, they certainly were thinking they would be taken care of when coming home. we want to make sure they get some great care. jess jessie duff, thank you. a kindergarten bullying? one city wants to make it a misdemeanor for 5-year-olds. good idea or gone too far? and it doesn't get any closer than this. a church just inches away from destruction by a boulder. call it a divine intervention, what do you think about this?

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time for some quick headlines this sunday morning. first up, is this divine intervention? >> he missed it by 1 foot. >> holy smokes. this happened in a church outside boston in a nearby demolition. the massive 20-ton boulder started rolling to the church and came to a stop just a few inches from the building. and st. louis rams michael sam is the first openly gay

player drafted in the nfl. he tweeted out this photo thanking the rams and he gets to stay in missouri where he played in college for mizzou. one city in california going the extra step in the war against bullying. carson city is making the act a crime for children as young as 5. the city council has given preliminary approval to make it punishable with a ticket and $100 fine, second is $200 fine and third is a criminal misdemeanor? is it too much and too young? dr. charles william, thank you for being here. welcome. >> good to see you. >> dr. ablow, what is going on here? >> a step too far and only in california i would say, clayton. the idea that you're going to criminalize bullying for kindergartners, what about empowering parents? what about schools taking on the responsibility to teach kids

civic responsibility and empathy? this is basically empowering the state as parents and traumatizing kids. guess what? if i'm in carson city, i'm not showing up in court with my 5-year-old to be charged for bullying. he's going to learn his dad doesn't subject him to traumas even if the state wants it. >> dr. charles williams, is that the responsibility of the state to basically do the parenting for them? is this not an overreaction? you disagree? >> look, let me be the first to say that to some extent it does seem like an overreaction, but as my colleague mentioned, he's going to step in and do the right thing. the problem is far too many parents have not stepped in. they are not doing the right thing. and because of that, kids are dying, they are killing themselves all over the country from tyler clemente. so the state is stepping in when parents don't do their job. they have an obligation to step in and do the job and this is a

result of that. >> we are not talking about putting a 5-year-old in jail, but intervening the bully's life, who is the person hurting two and the victim's life. forgive all the commas there in that, but he's kind of supporting what doctor williams is saying here, right? if parents don't step in, we have to do something. >> chief, for a second, i thought this was the normal or nuts episode. nuts, right? intervene then. provide counseling. rehabilitate the potential would-be bully so you show that child empathy. the criminal justice system is a miserable failure at resurrecting the life of people. and for a colleague of mine to suggest turning over the healing of bullies, would-be bullies, 5-year-olds who seem mean to the state and the criminal justice system is folly. >> dr. williams, i'll give you the final word. >> i think that's a bit -- i don't think a kindergartner is going to jail.

but the message is sent that far too many parents all over america have advocated the responsibility and the state is stepping in to -- >> the state must control everything. what a prescription for disaster. >> all right. we'll leave it there. thank you for a heated debate at 6:30 in the morning eastern time. dr. ablow, dr. williams, have a great sunday. it may be legal, but one doesn't care deciding to ban guns because they, quote, create an uncomfortable situation? do you agree with that? and fighting in front of the kids, good or bad? new research mothers need to see this morning. how to parent your children the right way. ♪

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alright, russell you are good to go! alright, fellas. alright, russ. back to work! i love you, mom. >> pretty nice. >> happy mother's day. this is some of our staff members here to get the show rolling at 6:00 a.m. that's sarah and her mom, happy mother's day, pat. >> this is one of our hairstylists here with her family. >> she is so funny. >> here's our writer and his

mom. that's a cool picture. >> and writer matt leach, sister katie and mother mary. >> an oldie but goodie. and one of the production assistants here with her mother, priscilla. >> and here is another one of our writers and his mother, robin. >> and here is heather from our show, happy mother's day. >> that's a happy life. we have a happy life here on "fox and friends." when dunkin donuts shows up, and we have the flowers for mom donuts. instead of making breakfast, just go get mom a box of these. >> like you can improve on that? you can't do better than this. that's the flowers for mom donut made especially for mother's day. when the cameras go off, these will be consumed so fast. >> one bite at a time.

>> is that on a ice cream cake? look how well -- >> you have two dunkin donuts ladies here that you can't see on camera. thank you, guys. happy mother's day, everyone. parenting tips. according to a new study, here are six or seven research-backed tips. praise kids for the effort they make, not for their innate intelligence. >> this teaches them that they have a control over their success. >> right. then you are not rewarding them -- research shows when rewarding kids for just doing things or you're giving them money or awards for things that they don't learn to want to improve, but when they see efforts behind their work, they did a great job and worked really hard. then they are likely to do it again. >> don't mindlessly praise kids. you are wonderful and incredible. kids aren't stupid. they are not incredible.

>> they are mediocre. >> i'm serious. kids overpraised don't take risks. >> exactly. that's the word i was looking for, risk. they don't take risks and don't want to fail in front of other people. if they are rewarded improperly -- get enough sleep. something we didn't do enough of last night. kids need snuenough sleep, liken hours. >> a sixth grader who gets one less hour of sleep will have an i.q. that day of a fourth grader, two grade levels lower. rest is rest. tucker, thanks. >> parents, give your kids 15 hours of sleep. >> and kids need rules and structure. you don't need to be overbearing but they need to know this is what time you go to bed, these are when things happen around this house, this is how we do things, fall in line, soldier. >> so lax parents who are more permissible end up having poor-behaved children. >> wild kids.

>> wild child! >> fighting with kids is normal say researchers. and fighting is probably not the word, but debating. kids as they get older get saucy, i have heard. and it's okay to debate them to keep it rational as long as you can. and researchers say that's fine. they also say, and this is completely insane, that fighting in front of kids is a good thing. >> i totally disagree. i'll fight with you now on it because fighting with a resolution in front of your kids, having a healthy debate, not punching, having a healthy debate and then resolved it in front of your kids, so your kids can see how you're able to resolve conflict. >> that makes sense. >> but i'm not sure kids can process it. i don't think kids have the perspective necessary to say, everything is okay. mom and dad are just resolving something reasonably. i think a lot of kids feel like, oh, my gosh, the foundations of my world are shaking. >> i think you're right on that. it probably depends how old. 3 years old, maybe they are not ready for that.

>> and it depends on what you are fighting over for dinner and came to a resolution, one wants chicken and turkey, then you say let's have burgers tonight instead. >> just remember, daddy's ranks because you cry. >> that was not on the list. go to friends@foxnews.com. more international help arriving in nigeria to find the 300 school girls kaidnapped by the extremists. they hope to find where the terrorists are hiding. the u.s. officials believe the girls could have been split up and may be in other countries. the same group now being blamed for bombing a bridge in northeastern nigeria killing several people and abducting the wife and two children of a retired police officer. utah, the latest state to join the fight against the

bureau of land management. du du dozens of atv riders are protesting the closure of a trail since 2007. they claim riders have damaged ancient artifacts on what were sacred native american lands, but protesters say the bureau is cheating them out of outdoor recreation. the blm is looking to punish any of the riders. and jack in the box caving to opposition joining starbucks in banning guns inside its restaurant. this happens after a group called moms demand action launched a petition forcing the company to change their policy. quote, the presence of guns inside a restaurant could create an uncomfortable situation for our guests and employees and lead to unintended consequences. and a smooth move from a police officer rescuing a scared

with my with chihuahua. he was coaxing the dog toward him and brought it to a local animal shelter. they believe someone intentionally left the poor pooch on the median but turns out he already has several people wanting to adopt him. >> there's no way he got up there by himself. >> out of the highway? >> must have been a good one. that's how we coach them, with a protein bar. >> or a donut or something. hey, guys. it is mother's day and most of the country is looking good, but we have a couple trouble spots. as you wake up, 75 degrees in kansas city. and you might be thinking, that's amazing, and it is, but that's also to cause the problems today. very warm air, very juice sis air. we'll see the severe weather firing there later on. the east coast we have showers and thunderstorms move through yesterday behind it with a nice day. i'll tell you what. enjoy it. this week and across the east

coast is not looking good. a very rainy week tuesday into wednesday for four to five days. severe weather across parts of southeastern areas of nebraska. and then look at all the snow falling across parts of utah and in towards colorado. here's what the future radar looks like. this is how we think today will play out. we are going to start to see the severe storms fire this afternoon. do expect to see potentially a few large tornadoes for lincoln, omaha, and over to des moines. if you are in the area, watch it. but notice all the rain in this area. so unfortunately moms across the northern plains and central plains are looking rainy. what we do every year is show pictures or talk to our moms, but my mom said to me this year, any chance you can not call me this year? >> my mother's day gift this year is for you not to call me. >> she didn't want to wake up at 3:40 in the morning in arizona. >> they are camping this weekend so she would have to get up from their camping trailer and do it,

but they sent in great pictures. they are camping and hiking. looking absolutely beautiful. this is my mom with her great-grandchild. it's hard to believe my mom has a great-grandchild there. that's unbelievable. >> thank you, rick. very cool. coming up, christians fleeg the middle east in droves. really? but not because they want to but because they are being driven out. a shocking report. and i watched this shocking video. the most shocking of the day. the 18-wheeler tossed around the highw highway. how the driver managed to stay on course somehow. ♪

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hey, everybody. 44 minutes after the hour. some quick headlines. heavy winds nearly knock over this 18-we'ller heading down a highway. the truck driving was just one side touching the ground as it careens out of control. somehow the driver keeps it from flipping over but ends up off the road. and voting for the next president online? it may happen if iowa democrats get their way. state party leaders are looking into a listening tour. some conservatives argue the internet is not secure. we all know how well the government-run website fared for obamacare. new reports show how badly christians are under siege in the arab world. the number of christians in the middle east has plunged to just 10% of the overall population. this is down from 25% in 2011.

well, in february 40 kris chaps were in prison, obtained or awaiting trial because of their religious beliefs. so what is the obama administration doing about any of this? middle east expert and fox news contributor lisa depp, thank you for joining us this morning. >> my pleasure. >> the obama administration is not doing much about this, is that your impression? >> it seems that in order for the obama administration to acknowledge christian persecution in the region would require them to first acknowledge we have a problem with extremism and terrorism, and that's something we have seen time and again with this administration having a hard time acknowledging and believing and bringing to the public. and we have a great example of that right now with the nigerian girls abducted. hillary clinton, the administration and the white house declined to put on the u.s. list and now everyone is jumping on the bandwagon to

bring back our girls. and now it's becoming something to get more attention. but really, at this time when we need to focus and acknowledge where in the world these terror groups are functioning and how they are becoming stronger and really taking over the population. that's where we really need to put our attention and focus. >> it seems like part of the problem in the middle east are unintentional acts. is the obama administration making specific efforts to get the christians out of the country or would that be wrong to specifically help a christian? >> right. what the obama administration is wrong about are human rights overall. they separate it from the political issue. and what the muslim world has is connecting the two issues and we know christianity is a threat.

why is it a threat? religion is a tool. how do they know that? >> it is an infallible coat and they keep the control over the population through religion and seek kris chapty as a threat. the obama administration comes to engage with iran. look at the nuclear issue. they don't use their leverage in order to talk about human rights. in america, christians are being held. with syria, we drew a red line about chemical weapons and not about the 150,000 killed or the churches being built. it was not about the christian tax put on the syrians. and go country by country, pakistan is seeing them as an allie, but we don't talk about the suicide bombers that went into a church and killed more than 100 christians last year. and the list goes on and on. so there is definitely this lack

the acknowledgment that extremism begins. terrorism is on the right and you need to speak out to use as well. >> it will be interesting to find out if those groups alarming were born before the civil war. thank you for joining us this morning. the new v.a. hospital under new management after the treatment that killed some veterans. what about the rest of the agency? and these young buys and girls are designing their own robot. anna b. coy man got up and close to the new intention inventions. we'll have that, next.

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tv and internet together like never before. good sunday morning. they are letting girls get in on the boy scout action. take a look. >> robots, you see them in the movies and in the headlines. but now the boy scouts aviation explorers are getting their hands on the technology of the future. >> wait, hold on, you built this? yourself? >> we all did. >> here at the illinois science and academy, students 6th through 12th grade can design, build and maneuver their own copter. how they would love the robots

to do the homework for them -- squad copters like these are being used in real-life situation situations. >> we are seeing them used as surveillance vehicles, delivery vehicles, patrol vehicles, aerial mapping, and i think the future is unlimited. >> the exploring program is preparing kids for careers in aviation by getting them excited about science and technology. what kid wouldn't think it's cool to fly a copter. >> here they are able to play with them. that's what we really need for students. boys will be boys. >> if you crash, don't worry about it. that's what we are here to do,

is to learn. this is teaching science, engineering and math. and the government has identified this as a big need in our society nowadays. businesses can't find the workers with those skills. >> three, two, one, blastoff! and think this is just for boys? think again. >> i started the robotic programming and want to build on an app for my phone. this is cool because some day i can use this to make a change. >> these kids are fantastic and what excites us is when they see what the copter will do, they are thinking of things we have never thought of. >> yeah, i can fly. >> maybe kids will help us to all fly one day. the boy scouts of america are opening the first of its kind discovery activity center at the woodfield mall in schaumburg, illinois, on may 31st. visit foxandfriends.com if you would like to get your kids

started at and aviation club at your school. the boy scouts are just starting the new clubs and they meet after school. extra curricular activities are good to keep kids out of trouble, but i think it is cool they are doing this. >> i think it is, too. the additional technology clubs that get the merit badges were cool. when you were in boy scouts, you build fires, camp and fish, but this is a cool addition to it. coming up on the show, terrorists kidnapped hundreds of girls, but when hillary clinton's state department was in charge, she refused to label the group as a terrorist group. why? we'll take a look. and who would win between godzilla and "breaking bad's" walter white? here's brian cranston's ans, coming up.

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i'm an anyway kooiman. new details about the hot air balloon that collided with power lines. the people on board were not supposed to be there, and was the balloon supposed to take off at all? breaking details. and his hospital had a secret list that let veterans waiting for care die. now he's gone. but what about his boss? what about accountability? we have the latest on the v.a. scandal coming up. and a pooch named major called 911 when his owner collapsed. the dog picked up the phone and called 911. those two, yes, that happened. they will join us live this friends" hour two starts right now. i love you, mom.

>> there it is, times square on this mother's day. happy mother's day. we are live from new york, this is "fox and friends." thank you for waking up with us. >> live from new york -- >> it is mother's day. and thank you for decking out our studios, 1-800-flowers. they look festive and floral. coming up in a few minutes on the show, we'll be talking godzilla. i know that's what moms want to see this morning. >> i think we get to skype with your beautiful wife, too. >> that and godzilla. my wife said, now i have to put on makeup. yes, that's right. >> well, you don't have to. it was made for sweatpant interviews. first we have headlines for you. this sunday morning, social media folks reveal the final hour of the two women on board the hot air balloon that crashed in virginia. natalie lewis and genny doyle

were both on the coaching staff for the university of richmond university's basketball team. the two tweeting and sharing instagram pictures hours before the balloon hit the power line and caught fire. turns out they were sprupposed fly earlier friday morning. ginny tweeted, tried it at 6:30 but was too foggy. will go up this evening. #anxiety. crews are searching for the third victim today. and investigation is underway after an emergency landing caused the crew to become ill. while flying from venice, italy, to philadelphia a flight attendant complained of nausea and dizziness. the pilot turned the plane around in dublin, ireland. nine crew members were rushed to the hospital after landing. 185 passengers aboard at the time. and ups workers told to lie

to customers? that's what a new delivery service is claiming two. brothers who owned and operated in new york city said the company told them to lie about the price and size to jack up the prices. ups ended up pulling the franchise deal in fresh. the brothers believe it's because they blew the whistle on the policy to dupe customers. what's the only thing cooler than an astronaut giving the commencement speech in the astronaut giving the speech from space. >> i'm in a weightless environment, so maybe i should give the speech in a different orientation. >> this astronaut here currently aboard the international space station took a break to give the university of connecticut grads some words of wisdom. the uconn alumni returns to earth this week. >> that's great. all right. well, we have been following the scandal out of the veterans

affairs department. and finally someone has lost their job, we think, at this hour. the interim director for phoenix v.a. health system has been let go, but this is just one person. what about wyoming? of course, we reported yesterday about colorado. the person in charge of the phoenix v.a. health care system has been let go. >> has been actually fired. >> actually fired. >> they are not still taking this person. >> not administrative leave? >> no, actually gone. actually gone, right? >> there she is. >> very hard to believe. >> can you believe in government someone losing their job? >> he's the only one, she's the only one. the only person in the entire federal government to be fired. >> yesterday we heard reports as general shinseki said he look into the e-mails.

a person is on administrative leave while they look through e-mails. >> and our producers uncovered a report from december 2013 out of colorado and wyoming where some of these revelations were clear but no action was taken. jess ie james duff was on the show earlier and here's what she said. she's fed up. >> 1.3 million records were found by the government accountability office to have just disappeared. it's as if the veterans don't exist. 1.5 million records have been deleted and we don't know if the veterans even received care. the 40 veterans dead in phoenix in the dorne medical facility, it is thousands of veteran that is have lost their lives and secretary shinseki is saying, now i'm coming in to save the day? that's apalling to me. >> and the president responded to -- no, wait, the president

didn't respond. the other day is when the nba owner's team is out of my head. >> donald sterling. >> scores of immigrants have died and the president has said, absolutely nothing. maybe they should say something. >> a number of people have come forward and members of congress came forward demanding that he be asked to leave, kicked out, fired, gone. would he just be taking the fall? we'll talk to a veteran later on in the show and whether or not this is the right response. >> he doesn't run the executive been ch. the president does. >> the head of the v.a. system, there are problems across the country in colorado, wyoming,

that sharon heldman was in washington. they moved her to another state. so he should have a handle on this. some say he's getting a pass because he's a war hero, but that's not an excuse for it to happen. if you have been critical of common core, a ton of people have. the debate is raging on the question. common core is good for kids. according to a group called the southern poverty law center outside atlanta which is taking this very seriously by american liberals across the country is saying people who criticize common core are almost by definition right-wing extremists to members of the john bercer society. dangerous figure iing. this information is being driven

by the likes of fox news, but some of both sides of the debate here, many angry parents are talking about the implementation of this. >> people need to teach their children well and let them lead the way. so let's talk about it and make sure that the standards are good standards. >> if you disagree, you're a bigot. if you disagree anything, therefore. meanwhile, rick reichmuth is standing by with a look at the mother's day forecast. he's out among the strong. there's a very large garbage truck with a cool decal on it, almost like a comic book, clayton, that could be your next

career. >> i like garbage trucks. >> we'll take a look at the weather maps this morning, a couple things to cause problems. tonight, heavy snow and wind and maybe five to eight inches here. this is a look at the storm, a really cold day across cheyenne and casper. the higher elevations, up to two feet of snow, and across the midwest, very warm air across the east. anywhere you see yellow, we have a threat mostly for wind and hail. could see an isolated tornado in southeastern parts of iowa and

kansas, be prepared for that. and towards the east, not much of a threat for tornadoes tomorrow, but we'll see likely a few. and we'll see very heavy rain. some areas from that omaha area up toward minneapolis, 3 to 4 inches. by monday into tuesday, down across parts of federal and eastern tickareas are looking f rain. we'll take a closer look at why hillary clinton dropped the ball. and look at this incredible video you've got the see. whoa!

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never used the "t" word about boko haram. joining us is author of the book "lords of the sky," colonel hampton. thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning, tucker. >> do you find it odd how she says this is a group that commits terror and when she had a chance to fix their wagon, she took a pass. >> well, nothing hillary does or doesn't do really surprises me. you know, in getting to the bottom of it, the list that she put them on or didn't put them on really, from a practical standpoint, is immaterial. she's not nearly as important and influential as she thinks she is or her few vocal supporters do. a lot of things go on in the government behind the scenes, thankfully, to take care of issues like this. it wasn't an issue at the time for us, which is why nothing was

done. and let me preface this by saying human rights are important, i'm not being callous, but there's a big difference between human rights and national security, okay? and an indigenous terror group in africa doesn't affect national security, which is why nothing was done then. >> the same is said to groups doing bad things to people that are around the world. hillary clinton was the voice and had the opportunity to highlight this group against women and she didn't. >> yeah, i think any clinton setting themselves up as a moral leader is laughable. so i'll let that one pass. the real issue here is hypocrisy in her basic ineffectiveness as secretary of state. she ran around the globe for years doing absolutely nothing. she looked busy, but when you got to put your finger on

something that she actually accomplished, what do you got? on the other hand, you can say, what about the russian reset? what about egypt? iran? libya? honduras, we'll talk about that if you want to talk about hypocrisy in the white house and the state department. this is more about her not really caring about something until it becomes an issue like it has now. what happened in nigeria is less about the girls than it is about 40 billion barrels of crude and oil reserves and 190 trillion barrels of liquid gas. that's what this is all about. >> on the other hand, we do have a terror list and put certain groups on it and we keep certain other groups off of it. and as long as you'll have such a list, boko haram seems like it would be included. in 2011 they bombed the headquarters in abuja. in may 2012, justice department official lisa monaco wrote to

the state department to urge them as a terror designation. and in june 2012, boko is likely sharing funds, training and explosions with al qaeda. >> these are more than bread crumbs. i have spent a lot of time in that part of the world connected with the military. boka o /* is part of the war. they are afraid to ask for help, up until this point, it would make them infragmented. >> colonel dan hampton joining us live.

we look forward to your back. thank you for coming. >> appreciate it, tucker. a democrat running for office in wisconsin builds herself as a champion in business but forgot to mention she didn't pay state income taxes on her family business in three decades. we'll get details on that. plus, what happens when mothers take the night off leaving fathers in charge? holy smokes! a closer look at the movie perfect for mother's day, coming up. >> you are getting a little angry and it's doing something ugly to your face. when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. two full servings of vegetables the shingles virus is already inside you. you should know that 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime.

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gubernatorial candidate's business has not paid taxes. they have roughly $90 million in sales but hasn't paid state income tax since 1982. next, $260 is how much each american pays per year to keep america's prisoners behind bar. $77 more than in 1980. and $200 billion is how much it would cost for china to build a disgust railway between beijing and the united states. the trip would take about two days to complete going 220 miles an hour. all right. well, the king of all monsters is back. >> because what's really happening is that you are hiding something out there. and it is going to send us back to the stone age!

>> wow. the most terrifying force in nature. or certainly in japan. godzilla returning to the big screen next week. >> but we are getting the inside scoop this week with fox news contributor and founder of nerdtears.com, kevin mccarthy, good morning, kevin. >> i can't watch that clip without thinking about "breaking bad." if you watch "breaking bad," brian cranston is awesome in that clip. i love that scene top. >> so you have seen this fill system? >> i have my full review next weekend on "fox and friends," but i'm a big "breaking bad" fan. i love it. clayton, you are with me on that one, it's an amazing show. i sat down with brian cranston and wanted to figure out how to figure in a "breaking bad" question. i was thinking hypothetically, but what if walter has a

potential battle with the guy from "breaking bad." here's what he said, check it out. >> it would be mind over matter, right? so he's this massive, takes up a lot of room and massive destruction and very careless of where hizenberg is methodical. and he'll find the weakness of godzilla and exploit it. godzilla versus walter white? walter white would win. >> i think you should deliver the knox line to godzilla. >> this summer, only this summer. one man, hizenberg, one monster, godzilla. >> you guys would have been out for lunch together. >> that's so good. that's competely real. >> he honestly should do the movie trailer voices. he really could pull it off. it sounds great.

>> a lot of the non-traditional movie theaters are playing the original "godzilla." >> back in the day a guy was in the suit walking around, and now it will be incredible to watch. >> mom's night out, new movie, what did you think? >> this movie really surprised me in the sense of the message it had about how a many moms are. we all know how awesome moms are, but i love the appreciation to moms who have a night out to leave the kids home with the fathers. and everything goes wrong. now, if you get to spend your disbelief, it gets unrealistic at times, but the overall message of how awesome moms are really drives the movie home. i love trace atkins in the movie. sarah drew is great. patricia keaton is great. it's a fun movie, it's pg and great for the entire family and really does give you a deeper

appreciation for how tough of a job moms really have. >> so it's not like the reverse which would be "the hangover" with the men going to vegas. >> exactly. and i give this movie 3.5 out of 5. it's fun for the entire family. i do want to mention, it is mother's day. every day should be mother's day, but today specifically it is. and i love you, mom, jill, watching right now. you're the best mom ever. thank you for being so supportive of my movie career over the years. it's because of you that i am where i am today. so i love you so much. thank you so much for being the best mom ever. >> that's sweet. >> so your mom gets five stars. >> which one is your mom? >> she's on the right, jill, she's gorgeous. she looks 30 years old. she really does. >> she raised a wonderful son. kevin, we love you. thank you so much. enjoy your sunday. >> happy mother's day to every mother in the country. thank you for being an awesome mom. >> he just gave a shout out to every mom. >> such a good boy. coming up, the lawyer for

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i love you, mom. ♪ >> happy mother's day, everybody. we are sharing some of our staff and our crew's family pictures today. brothers, mom and daughter. >> and ian taylor and mom. happy mother's day. that's an oldie but goodie. >> and producer morgan's mom and her doggie. >> is that a puppy? >> our producer samantha and her mom cheryl and her family. >> hey, sami. happy mother's day. >> and lisa is from england. mum. >> and nicole and her mom, mary ellen. happy mother's day. >> they look a lot alike, too.

are they sisters? >> it is not just mothers and children who look alike. sometimes spouses when they really fit together and get along welcome to resemble one another. you may not know that. >> natalie may not take that as a compliment. >> it's true. natalie looks -- there she is. happy mother's day. there's my mom on the right, verna, and my lovely wife natalie. do you think they look alike? >> no, but i have heard that. people said our son looks like both of us, and i'm like, what? i'm puerto rican. >> you could be mother and daughter, which is amazing. >> it's the dark hair. >> my hair is not as dark as hers. >> she's much more behaved as a child than i was. i'm sure she would rather have cooped her than me. >> who pulled up in a taxicab yesterday? >> it must've been father's day

early. my dad showed up for my daughter's birthday. i laid the guilt trip on him and said, maybe you should show up to my son's birthdays. so we threw a big madeline birthday party. i didn't know whether to cry or punch him. >> you know all the children in the house were awake. >> the real motive for bringing you on is mother's day, but we want to get dirt on clayton. any embarrassing stories to tell us about him? >> no, please. >> i think over the years i have told many of them, but just some of the fun ones are that now that he has a son who loves spider-man plays right into what clayton used to do as a child. and i always used to tell him, your daddy used to do that. too. >> he used to jump on the door

jams and dump downon my sister. >> was he ever into aquaman or just superman? >> ever more into batman, spider-man. >> i'm still not an aqua man fan. >> yes, there was a specific tier. it's a whole spectrum. don't get him started. >> if you have a aquaman party, something is wrong in your house. it's all in the water. >> how is the family doing? >> they are recovering from ava's birthday party yesterday. they are recovering from all the food. >> i'll see you guys soon. i have a broadcast to do, but after the show is over i'll come home and see you guys. >> oh, that. what did you get us for mother's day? that's what we want to know. >> coming up --

>> thank you, love you, honey. >> can i take some of these flowers from the set? and we have 40 pounds of dunkin donuts. >> oh, i have a box of dunkin donuts. just for you guys. flowers for mom from dunkin donuts. i love you, guys. see you soon. >> bye, honey. >> thank you, dunkin donuts. >> no one touch them. >> we have the donuts and rick. rick, where are you? i will tell you natali is way prettier than clayton. >> there's no debating that. >> maybe they look alike in bizarre world. come on, natali is hot. we'll be honest. so we also have a mother out here. happy mother's day. >> thank you very much. >> and your daughter is in broadway here. >> she's in matilda the musical.

she's from snuggle, georgia. a little girl from georgia. made it big here on broadway. this week she's the civic center. >> sounds like she had a good mom here. >> well, i don't know. >> definitely. >> all right. happy mother's day to you. we'll take a look at the weather map this morning. here are your temps. it's a pretty nice day tempwise across the eastern half of the country, but the central part of the country will see 74 degrees in kansas city. that is kind of the foretelling of very severe weather we'll have coming in later today. the eastern seaboard, we have showers and thunderstorms yesterday. they rained on claytop's daughter's birthday party. well, it's gone. now we have storms across the plains moving across right around the north of interstate 80 in nebraska toward omaha. a very rough morning. then out across the west, this is the energy we need for this storm. you can see all the snow sliding across the central rockies. later this afternoon, that will set up the stage for severe weather.

potentially large and damaging tornadoes anywhere you see the red. so from des moines and towards ames, waterloo, omaha, lincoln, down to salina, kansas. then more wind and hail across parts of texas and oklahoma. tomorrow that moves a very little to the east. less of a tornado threat for your day tomorrow. we want to quickly show you temperatures because across the east it's really a nice day. and it will be a nice couple days temperaturewise with cooler air out west, but things are about to heat up out west. in fact, los angeles, you're going to be pushing 100 degrees by the time we get to wednesday and thursday. breaking all kinds of records. then we'll cool down across parts of the northeast as rain settles in again. back to you inside. thank you, rick. >> we have some stories making headlines to get to this sunday morning. the lawyer for the pakistani doctor who helped locate osama bin laden calling it quicks after receiving numerous threats from militants. his decision was made after a

final warning was given. the lawyer also claiming undo pressure on him hurt his case. utah, the latest to join the fight against the bureau of land management. dozens of atv riders protesting a riding trail closed to vehicles since 2007. the blm claims riders who damaged ancient artifacts on what were native american lands. the protester says the bureau is cheating them from outdoor recreation, but the blm is looking to punish any of those riders. it is not a medical degree bringing him the big bucks, but it is his headphone business. the beats co-founder doctor dre will soon be a billionaire. apple is reportedly paying $3.2 billion for the company. the oil tycoon tweeted out,

congratulations, @drdre. welcome to the 1%. #youbuiltthat. and this driver put this video online clearly showing a runner with zero regard for traffic. the driver said he try to find the runner afterwards but he was already gone. maybe he had on his dr. dre beat headphones. >> he was in church giving thanks for still existing. >> who jogs horizontally against traffic. >> someone who wants to die. that's crazy. new evidence showing the v.a. secretary eric shinseki knew about the cover-up last year. many say he has to go. mike kaufman is joining us, next. and this dog named major

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abo about being single. >> she graduated at the top of her class with a degree in psychology. back over to you. we just learned that 40 veterans were left to die on a secret waiting list. now a new e-mail reveals an employee at a v.a. hospital in wyoming manipulated records to make it seem like patients were being seen sooner. what's worse? eric shinseki knew about the problems since last year. joining us is the gongman calling for shinseki's resignation. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me.

>> a world war ii retired sergeant often said the ones that were the best are the ones who took care of their troops. has secretary shinseki been taking care of our troops? >> no, he hasn't. for those who made sacrifices in defense of our freedom and left in the administration, he's not focused on them. he certainly a senior bureaucrat that runs the organization, but certainly not there to serve the needs of our veterans. critics have said, look, he's in charge of veterans affairs but this is much higher than him. he's a west pointe graduate and serving in vietnam. it doesn't fall with him but the white house. is he just the fall guy here? >> i go marine corps veteran. he's the man in charges.

ultimately the president of the united states needs to be making a decision, and if secretary shinseki doesn't resign, i think the president has an obligation to fire him because of all that the extraordinary problems with the situation in fort collins. i want to say first, are there a lot of men and women who work for the city and a third are veterans but the leadership is at the top. how do we know this information that general shinseki new abou this. how much did you have access to? >> the phoenix issue, we learned about it when the whistleblowers

stepped forward, but there have been problems before that. there have been lots of problems where patient safety was compromised because of the fact that the veterans administration, the leadership at the top, wanted to produce a narrative like in phoenix that they were doing better than they were. and in every instance, it wasn't about let's get down to the bottom of this and fix it so it doesn't happen again. it's let's cover-up and lie to congress. let's be defensive. so certainly i join with the largest veteran service organization in this country. the american legion. in calling for its resignation. >> self-systemic. all the cover-ups and lies is not one person. they have to clean house in order to clean the veterans affai affairs. it seems like a mess that one person cannot respond to. >> what he has to do, you have to bring in something willing to

fight the bureaucracy that surrounds unless he has led the bureaucra bureaucracy. >> check out his piece at fox's website. look at this. being tossed around by the wind. how the driver managed to stay on course. plus, this, a veteran service dog turned lifesaver. pooched named major. picked up the phone and called 911 when his owner collapsed. those two will join us live, next. ♪

our next guest suffered a brain injury and battles ptsd and memory loss. >> when he became unconscious, his dog knocked his cell phone from his pocket and called 911. >> here with us is the sergeant and his dog. tell us what happened. it is almost unbelievable. how did it unfold? >> i was actually getting ready to take him for a walk, so i took him out in the backyard to let him go do his business. and he -- next thing i know i'm waking up to the police department and all that being there because he had managed to get my cell phone out of my

pocket. and he stepped on it and called 911 a total of ten times because they kept hanging up thinking it was a crank call. >> we have a major dog trained to sniff out seizures but not trained to call 911. did he just do this or how do you credit this behavior? >> i think it was a lot of instinct. >> how smart is this dog? >> he is really, really smart. one of his tasks, i tell him it is bedtime and he makes sure to check the doors and if i forget to lock, things like that. >> i guess your cell phone had a lot of bite marks on it and stuff, so unbelievable thing

here, do you think you would be alive if he didn't help you right now? >> no, i don't. >> how does it feel to have him in your arms? >> it's great. >> how does having a service dog change your life? >> well, i was actual before i got in -- i was actually in a really, really dark spot. i was one of those suicide detectives. the organization i received him from rescued him from a horder situation. and we kind of met each other and kind of hit it off. so basically now, he's an

extension to me bringing my confidence back, all that. >> sergeant, we are saying it is so cool for you to help each other from a terrible situation and he's battled you. we want you to vote for major as a hero dog. >> we enjoyed it. sergeant and major, thank you for coming on this morning. >> thank you. the door opens for democrats to join the special committee investigating benghazi, but will they use it or ignore it? and believe it or not, this is not rhetoric rhetorical. we'll have it for you, coming up.

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hey, everybody. it is sunday, the 11th of may, 2014. i'm anna kooiman. a fox news alert. this morning, shocking new details on what happened moments after a hot air balloon collided with power lines and burst into flames. two of the victims have been identified while crews search for a third. a live report, straight ahead. and brand new members of the benghazi select committee vowing to deliver justice. >> the american people want to know the truth about what happened that night and early hours of the next day. they want to know the truth. and we owe the truth to them. >> so will democrats join that search? should they? that debate, coming up. and the amazing save, watch this video, the 18-wheeler is tossed around the highway by high winds. how the driver managed to stay

on course. "fox and friends" hour three starts right now on this mother's day. >> happy mother's day! >> those are tucker's adorable children. making cakes. >> a little old at this point, but happy mother's day to all you mothers out there. a beautiful look at midtown manhattan as we are in for a beautiful day, i hope. we'll check in with rick reichmuth to see if it will rain on your mother's day. here's a lovely picture. >> the lovely and talented elisabeth hasselbeck and her three kids fittingly wearing football helmets like her husband. i hope she's sleeping in this morning with her feet up.

>> happy mother's day, elisabeth. and for all the men in the studio who get to take the flowers home to pretend they bought them for their wives. >> i think we need to leave them to the hair and makeup ladies who are mothers. >> shoot. >> we are going to talk to my mom in a half hour. i sent the producers some lovely pictures of my mother and myself, but then my dad sent me incriminating photos. >> can we see those? >> one of them you have a mullet back to here. my nickname was pig face at the time. and i'm standing here like this because i was such a tomboy not happy in my dresses. >> we are going to be calling your mom later in the show. but first the inside scoop on anna kooiman. heart-wrenching details for the final moments of the passengers on the hot air balloon that crashed. >> photos revealing more about the women onboard that died.

>> peter doocy is joining us from washington knowing exactly what is happening in this investigation. what's going on? >> we know now the fireball in the sky was sparked when the hot air balloon hit power lines duri during the decent. the pilot tried to put it out and could not. as the situation got worse, witnesses could hear crying from the gondola and heard someone screaming they thought they were going to die. shortly before two people were seen jumping or falling from the doomed basket, which still hasn't been found. >> they are still looking for the basket. we continue to collect various items and debris throughout the afternoon. and as soon as we are able to locate and recover the last occupant. we'll notify family members. >> so far the bodies of two victims have been recovered. 1500 yards apart. one was the pilot who remains up identified. and the other was ginny doyle, a

44-year-old coach of the university of richmond's basketball team who was tweeting before taking off writing this, quote, tried it at 6:30 a.m., but was too foggy. will go up this evening. #anxiety. the other passenger was a member of the university of richmond's basketball family, 24-year-old natalie lewis. natalie is still missing and her family is quoting in today's "washington post" as the families stay hopeful asking for prayers. there are 100 people in the search party focusing on natalie focusing on a heavily wooded park in west virginia. that's a little two hours south of washington. back to you in new york. thank you, peter. meanwhile, we are continuing to follow what is unfolding around the benghazi select committee. seven members were selected by

house committee member john boehner. seven of them are republicans. many of you went to bed wondering if by the time you woke up would democrats come on board and fill the other positions. no, in fact, the news is that democrats are continuing to mock the select committee calling it a political stunt. >> still trying to discuss what the participation will be and wonder how this is really a political stunt. that the republicans are trying to do with other investigations, but it seems like we have the smoking gun where we found out where some of the items were. conservatives now say this is about getting justice for the four innocent americans who lost their lives. representative lynn westmoreland was on the channel yesterday

with this to say. >> it's just a continuation of the message that secretary of state is saying, the americans want to know the truth of what happened in the early hours to the next day. they want to know the truth and we owe the truth to them and we owe it to those families who had loved ones murdered in this attack. and to the rest of the country, we have the absolute right to know what happened and why the white house lied about the cause of these attacks. why reinforcements weren't sent. and by the way, what they are doing there in the first place if it turns out we were taking the u.s. government arms from the stockpile and sending them to various locations.

there's a lot going on in our na name. and the representative from arizona was on "justice with judge jeanine" last night weighing in on that. listen. >> i would scream on the top of my lungs to move it forward, absolutely. justice deserves to be sold. if they don't, they have so much to lose. it tells america they are not concern concerned. he's the one that went in front of the unit ed narrative. putin, egypt, arab nations across the world, this is problematic for democrats.

i would challenge them and do justice a favor, sit at the table and get to the answers and be proud about the answers. >> so many questions left up answered. 4:40 in the afternoon. we new knew the president was doing debate at the time and responding on the talk shows with the narrative put out there. the e-mails are still trickling out. so we have a lot of questions that we don't have. you know, who is being protected here? is it the president? he's not running again. secretary of state, hillary clinton, former, will she be running? is that what it is about. >> the basic answer is, who did this?

>> basic.com/ffweekend. weigh in there. is it a political stunt or do you want answers as well? the embattled phoenix of veterans affairs is getting a new chief. steve young will shift to phoenix tomorrow as interim director. he'll oversea health care for 85,000 veterans taking over for sharon hellman put on leave after it was revealed she hid these secrets. and many at the mall in paramus thought they heard shots at the garden state plaza mall. the mall was evacuated with no evidence of dpup fire or a gunman.

this is the same mall may hawhey had problems before. boats and divers are scouring the lake looking for three missing boaters. the search was called off last night and will resume this morning. and check out this wild video of a truck. >> oh [ bleep ]! oh, my gold! >> heavy winds nearly knock over this 18-wheeler heading down a highway. the truck drive iinging /* here ends up flipping off the road. >> maybe that's how he always

takes a turn. >> that's unbelievable. let's go to rick reichmuth outside with a look at the forecast. he can do that. >> sure, he can. do you remember yesterday on a the show we had the miami chance chancers. but they are not dancing so he have changed their mind. >> please call me, casey. i love you. >> call your mom for mother's day. take a look at the tornado possibility in the month of may. this is exactly where we'll see the chance for tornadoes today and tomorrow. the tornado alley, it is may, the highest month of activity for tornadoes. and where you see the red today, we could be looking at the

threat for across the area. tomorrow that threat moves a little to the east, but not too far. then we have the snow we are dealing with. snow here at mother's day, may 11th. we'll be dealing with 5 to 8 inches in denver by tomorrow afternoon. all right, back to you. thank you, rick. it's coming up, the cold water trend. a trend sweeping social media and has cost one teen his life. what you need to know if you're the parent of children. and it doesn't get any closer than this. a vudivine intervention? peace of mind is important when you're running a business.

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welcome back. speaker john boehner announced the seven republicans who will sit on the benghazi special select committee which leaves five spots open for house democrats. >> but will they participate? if it were up to nancy pelosi, the answer might be no. >> the fact is this is a stunt, this is a political stunt, and the facts that -- issa just damaged goods. they had to move from him to another venue with another chairman. that's what this is. we've been there, done this, over and over again. >> joining us with his thoughts is the host of "fox news sunday," chris wallace. good morning to you, chris. >> good morning to you, guys.

>> why is it important that the democrats do participate in this and get to the bottom of it? >> well, it's interesting, nancy pelosi is playing kind of a double game here. on the one hand, she's negotiating saying there should be even numbers if they are going to be seven republicans on the committee. there should be seven democrats. republicans reminded nancy pelosi and selected them 9-6 over republicans, and now she's saying the democrats should have say whether the people subpoenaed or want access to interviews. we'll see whether or not the republicans are willing to bargain on that. then also there's a split inside the democratic caucus. some say it's good to have at least one or they have

teleconferences to help out other witnesses. and they are saying we can make it look more partisan with no democrats on it at all. we'll be talking at the top of the hour with the head of the house democratic office, javier beseda. >> are republicans united in the support of the select committee? >> well, i don't know if united is the right word, but there were some who thought, well, we are doing really well in the midterm election and obamacare is working well for, but we know the democrats will accuse them of playing politics instead of solving people's daily problems. so there was reluctance on it, but after this latest e-mail from benton in the house

oversight committee, there was a feeling of frustration and we need to get to the bottom of this. let's go forward. >> chris, you'll be tackling n benghazi and the latest on your show. who else is coming up? >> we'll be talking exclusively to the house committee on benghazi. we'll be talking to him as well as the head of -- as you can see on -- >> we move fast here. >> there we go. nigeria and the terrible situation there. former ambassador to nigeria john campbell and shiza shahid. she and her friend malala have said for a long time the radical groups are threat upped and attack women like malala who want an education. so we'll talk to her about the flight of the school girls in nigeria. all they wanted to do was go to school. >> chris, i know you're working

today. so that is cutting into your mother's daytime, but how will you spend the rest of your mother's day? i hope it's in honor. >> well, my wife and my mother -- there's lorain, i didn't know you had that picture. that's my wife, not my mother, but she takes care of all my children. as they say, happy wife, happy life. so we will be celebrating with her and with my mom today. very special day. moms are special. so we should all celebrate. >> thank you, chris. happy mother's day to your family. >> that was cool to have them on "fox and friends" talking about their cookbook. 20 minu, a new danger for airlines after a passenger flight almost crashes into a drone midair. hear from a commercial airline pilot who says this dangerous trend is only growing a ten government isn't doing anything about it. then a new poll ranks which

mothers, frank lunks is in line with that.

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most in this country. tell us about this poll and how you broke it all down. >> well, thanks to the paternal order of eagles, one of the most significant foundation and fund-raising groups which you have never heard of, they wanted to know, not just which moms you liked the most, but they wanted you to focus on which moms you respected as moms. as you can see there, michelle obama comes in first, the two bushes are second and third, but i want to vote viewers' attention to how divided we are by party. that even when asking which mom you respect most, if you are republican, it's all about the bushes. if you are a democrat, it is about obama and clinton. and angelina jolie is fifth. but her supporters are all from democrats. here on this mother's day, we are as partisan and as divided as ever even when it comes to moms. >> but are we surprised? >> this is really divided. there's not one of these moms

that has double-digit support from the opposite party. >> correct. we gave them a choice of 18 different moms to choose from. and it's that way across the board. and tucker, i don't think that there's any issue, any attribute or anything to talk about in this country in 2014 that isn't so polarized. and i think that's kind of sad. we all love our moms. and on this mother's day, we should be finding things to bring us together that you night us rather than those things that divide us. >> that sounds so great, but during a presidential election, a lot of times people say, who would you like to sit down and have dinner with or have a beer with? who seems most down to earth? it doesn't seem very shocking to me that voters would stay toward their party line. >> well, it may not be shocking but it's disappointing. i lost my mom last month and i will never have another mother's day. and i would say say to the listeners out there, you never

know when it's going to happen. you want to celebrate every moment every day that you possibly can. and that there really are things out there that are more important than day-to-day politics. and that love, respect and appreciation, let's give thanks to the moms that did so much for us. >> well said, frank. well said, frank, sorry so much for your loss there on this mother's day. thank you for breaking that down for us. and a good message to think about this morning, forgetting politics. we can honor moms all across the political spectrum. >> dr. frank luntz. then fighting in front of your children, a good idea or a bad idea? believe it or not, there's new research on this question that will shock you. and have you ever wondered what anna is like when she's not sitting on the couch? on this mother's day, we found someone to spill all of her secrets. ♪

happy mother's day! >> there's our producer with her

sist sister. that's her mom, anna. >> ashley, our producer, and her mom. >> and producer andrea lewis and mother gloria. they look a lot alike. >> our senior producer shawn and his mom naomi. >> executive producer jen and her mom lori. >> happy mother's day. >> here we go. senior producer gavin and his wife tracy, sons gavin and cole. >> happy mother's day. they all look like gavin. >> we have the best music. thank you for your ipod, tucker. backstreet boys and britney spears. let's go to rick with the mother's day forecast. >> i want to go through the rest of your ipod playlist. >> you heard britney spears earlier and couldn't stop

dancing. it's true. we'll take a look at the weather picture waking up this morning. here you go. here's your temps, not looking bad unless you are near the rockies where it is cool. 38 in denver. 73 in kansas city. starting out great. we'll show you problems in a second. here's the forecast. take a look at your city and look at the day going through. a few wispy clouds across ohio into west virginia. but for the most part, temps are great across the northeast. and plenty of sunshine. a really spectacular day. down to the southeast, we'll see scattered garden variety showers and thunderstorms pop up throughout the afternoon from around mississippi eastward. nothing to be a washout of day. much of texas is looking great. here into the northern plains, look at heavy rain moving in across nebraska. and thunderstorms firing later in the afternoon and some will be severe. and finally out across areas of the west, snow moving in across utah, wyoming and colorado. pretty much everybody else is looking good. all right, back to you inside. unbelievable.

thank you, rick. here are the stories making headlines this morning. france is joining the united states and british in nigeria to find 300 school girls kidnapped by the boco terrorist group. when hillary clinton was secretary of state, she fought against labeling the group terrorist, so why the change? earlier on the show a retired air force weighed in. >> it wasn't an issue at the time for us, which is why nothing was done. and let me preface all this by saying, human rights are important, i'm not being call police about it, but there's a big difference between human rights and national security. >> this morning boco is also blamed for bombing a bridge and killed several people and abducting the wife and two children of a retired police officer. hey, parents, listen up. a new social media trend likely to blame for a 16-year-old

minnesota boy's death. his friends say he took part in the cold water challenge. it begins with an online challenge. those being challenged have 24 hours to report themselves jumps into the water or they are supposed to make a $100 contribution to charity. well, police say the boy dove into a freezing lake and never came back to the surface. awful. birds, lizards and tortoises, oh my. more than 100 animals are removed from what authorities call filthy conditions near a home in buffalo, new york. the spca director says many of the animals need extreme veterinarian care. the house was so filthy it was deemed uninhabitable and condemned by the city. in the house, six cats, five dogs, four tortoises, one lizard and almost 100 birds. and a new study pulled together the top research-backed tips including praising your

kids for their efforts, not their smarts. make sure they get their sleep. give them rules and fighting with kids and in front of them is good, normal and not a bad thing. we asked your thoughts about all the tips. albert says, if you have more than one child, you will know they are different. what works for one child may not with the other. and lee sa says, you should never fight in front of your kids, period. >> thank you so much. >> my parents never really fought in front of me growing up. we are actually going to bring her in, my mom. happy mother's day, mom. they even work together, too. they have a small business in charlotte. good morning, mom! >> good morning! hey, this is great to see you on tv and talk to you at the same time. >> where are you? >> we had a great time at the beach last weekend, didn't we? >> yes, we went down to hilton head, south carolina, and took mom on a nice sailing trip and saw a bunch of dolphins down there. >> and that was our picture right there.

>> so how are you celebrating? how are you going to plan to celebrate mother's day today? >> well, i'm in new york! >> oh, my gosh! mom! we came back from hilton head early. >> oh, mom. >> happy mother's day. >> i love you. >> and your dad is here, too. >> come sit down. >> come on, dad. good to see you again. >> nice to meet you. >> have a seat. the power of fox news. >> i just have to say one thing. shut the gate. that was the new phrase i learned at the beach. that means, you have arrived. >> shut the gate, this is it. >> you have an amazing daughter. we love her so much. >> what did you bring here?

>> i brought little tubs of love. >> this is my mom, the southern sweetheart that she is. >> i'm going to snack, if you don't mind. and the flowers have different meanings. all of these mean love. >> we know that you're -- >> i didn't have time to go shopping, so thank you. >> anna is one of the nicest people i've met. loves dogs and children. her niceness is very close to the surface, was she always that way? >> yeah, i think so. >> always a little bossy. >> yeah, well, she also didn't really keep a lot back. >> what we really want to know, did she ever get into trouble with the law? >> remember the time i was down in charleston? >> havstory? >> there was law involved in this, right? >> well, she had a little honda

that was in wally's name. and she had a boyfriend that was in charleston. of course, this is when cell phones just -- not everybody had a cell phone then. the high school kids were just kind of having them all the time. well, i get a call middle of the day on this friday or whatever it was, and she says, hi, mom, i'm at school. and i thought she was in charlotte. >> i told her i was going to work at the senior project and wouldn't be home until after dinner, but i was really in charleston. >> a month later we get a parking ticket in the mail when she was in charlotte. >> and what was your question to her? >> well, her mother handled that, actually. >> anna banana, what were you doing in charleston in september, blah, blah, blah. >> one of her closest friends went with her down there, and we knew the other girl very well,

too. they grew up and we knew the family. >> the model child, i thought. >> the model child. >> here are two honor students, very upright students cutting class and we didn't know. >> i don't believe it. >> she's clever. >> that's the worst thing she did, but there's probably stuff we don't know about. >> we'll reveal that in the 9:00 hour. >> i was very sneaky. i just didn't get caught. >> what a surprise. >> are you totally surprised? >> yes, that was amazing. thank you. we can have dinner tonight or something? >> i asked if she could sit with my dog this afternoon. i know you have better plans now. great to meet you guys. >> thank you to fox for bringing me here. and happy mother's day to my mother, margaret, and wally's mother, mary. my sisters and sisters-in-law and all the moms. >> that's what the day is all

about. >> thank you, guys. coming up here on the show, the mainstream media made a big deal claiming the pope is calling for a redistribution. father john is here and says they got it wrong. they'll explain that. and the new danger after a passenger flight almost crashed into a drone. we'll hear from a pilot who says the trend is growing and the government isn't doing anything about it, coming up. [ male announcer ] a long weekend is just an excuse... to get a long way from boring. with models up to 62 horsepower or room for four. go rugged. go big. go gator.

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44 minutes after the hour for quick headlines. talk about divine intervention. take a look at this. >> missed it by 1 foot. >> do you see that? this happening at a church

outside boston during nearby demolition. the massive 20-ton boulder started rolling toward the church and came to a stop just a few inches from the building. and you may need to camp out in front of that apple store sooner than you thought. a new report says the next iphone could be released in august. that's a month earlier than expected. the supposed iphone 6 is rumored to have a much bigger screen. is that right? >> i don't buy the august thing but i do buy the larger screen thing. imagine this, turning on your tv and seeing a channel dedicated to atheists. >> believe it because a new jersey atheist group is doing just that. >> here to discuss is fox news religion contributor father jonathan moore. >> anna's family walked in, it was unbelievable. >> her reaction was great. >> talk about this channel showing up on the roku box with the apple tv, a little black box with a bunch of channels. it is not on broadcast

television. the @iatheist tv channel launching, what do you think about this? >> this is my own prejudice, i don't find it exciting. it would be like anything anti-anything channel. so to have an anti-ufo channel. you couldn't show ufos because they don't exist. >> so what would you make of the success or failure of this channel? >> well, i don't think it will be a great success. if they are all about the anti-something, but if they are talking about the search for meaning. if they are talking about deep issues in life, sure, absolutely. >> here's the statement from the american atheist group putting this together. quote, there's a glut of religious tv programming out there from televangelists to christmas specials, but there's no it aist channel. we wanted to fill that void. we'll ask you about a pope and

talking about the redistribution of wealth. he appears to locals, here's the exact quote. the legitimate redistribution of economic benefits by the state as well as indispensable funds. this involves resisting the economy of exclusion, the throw away culture and the culture of death which nowadays is sadly becoming accepted. what did he mean? >> tucker, you made mention of this and we very quickly jumped to the pope saying redistribution of wealth. go redistribute money rich made and give it to the poor. he didn't say that and never used the term redistribution of wealth. what he said was legitimate meaning not illegitimate like taking money from the rich and giving to the poor. the legitimate redistribution of economic benefits, let me give you an example of that. in china, is it a very wealthy country? absolutely. is it just that people don't have an opportunity for personal

development? it's injust that it happens. but what about the economic benefit of education in a civil society? we are seeing what's happening in nigeria, women can't get educated without major danger to their life. that's unjust. that is an economy of exclusion. and so the suggestion that the pope is there for a mark of this is just a bad reading. >> what do you think of a liberal jumping on this and saying, the pope says a redistribution of wealth, when he mentions sex before marriage, they act like he's an archaic figure that isn't relevant anymore. >> he talked about the culture of death, including abortion. that didn't get -- i don't think there's just liberals in this case. a lot of conservatives on front page of drudge reports or the big headline was redistribution of wealth. the pope basically calls it legitimate. it was poor reading.

it was superficial and i'm glad we could clarify. >> are you doing a mother's day sermon today? >> many are surprised that i have a mother, like priests don't have mothers or something, but i have haver a mother. this is my mother in the center. and this is my mom right there, sharon. mom, i love you so much. if i weren't taking care of my parish family here at my church, i would be there with you. i love you and will see you next weekend. >> wonderful. your sisters are invited on fox any time. >> thank you very much. >> and susie will be on the show for mother's day in a bit. coming up on the show, a new danger for airlines after a passenger flight almost collides with a drone midair. our next guest says it's a serious threat and something needs to happen about it right now. and throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game, if that isn't cool enough, see who

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imagine this, you're out flying, gazing out the window, you think you might see a bird, no, instead, you almost collide with a drone flying near your aircra aircraft. that happened. listen. >> it was so close to his jet, he was sure he had collided with it. thankfully, inspection to the airliner after he landed. imagine that object going into a

high-speed turbine engine. the results could be catastrophic. >> there are a lot of drones in the sky these days. are we facing a serious threat to air travel? joining me now is robert. thanks for coming on. whose drone was this? >> they never did find out whose drone it was. and that's one of the real problems that we face is that we don't know who's operating these things and when and some people follow the rules and some people don't. but you know, that's still -- it's still the early stages for these things. >> on the screen here, we're looking at some of the drones i think we've seen in circulation over the skies of afghanistan and yemen and other places that our cia uses to track terrorists. is that the type of drone we're talking about or are we talking about the toy drones that are maybe this large? >> the one in this particular case from what the report was is

that it was much smaller than that. however, it really doesn't make a whole lot of difference. if one of those things of let's say even 15 or 20 pounds came through the windshield of an airplane or got sucked into the engine, it's not going to be pretty. look at what happened to the u.s. airways flight when it sucked a couple of geese a few years ago. >> right. as the conflicts in iraq and afghanistan wind down, a lot of military harbor manufacturers have switched to police departments in the u.s. which are buying drones all over this country. should the feds have some oversight there, do you think? >> well, they've got to have it. that's one of the reasons that the only people that are legally allowed to use them right now are basically law enforcement officers and departments. because they can kind of control them. right now, the faa is still working on regulations. the reason i think we saw that clip of jim williams from faa talking about those drones is that faa really feels like

they're caught in the middle. people like me that fly big airplanes don't want these things in the air space unless we can be absolutely certain they're not going to be a conflict like this one was the other day. then you have the manufacturers and the users saying, no, come on faa, it's not a big deal. we can make this work and they're pressuring the faa. so faa is not ready to make a decision yesterday. >> and the faa is predicting 7500 small commercial drones will be in circulation by the year 2018. you have real estate companies using them for surveying and we even have the boy scouts about them building small drones. i don't know, it could be a bigger issue. robert mark, we appreciate you joining us this morning. we'll try to stay on top of this story. >> thanks, robert. >> he's the definition of a hero, putting his life on line to save his fellow soldiers. kyle white, the soon to be medal of honor recipient joins is live. and the customer is wrong.

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great to be with you. today is sunday, the 11th of may, 2014, i'm anna kooiman. her hospital held a secret list that left veterans waiting for care to die. she's been put on administrative leave but what about her boss? the latest on the v.a. scandal coming up. if you disagree with common core, you're a nut case, a right wing extremist. think that's right? we'll break that down, coming up. he put his life on the line more than once to save his fellow soldiers. army sergeant kyle white joins us live to tell the story earning him a medal of honor.

"fox & friends" hour four starts right now. >> happy mother's day! ♪ the best day with you >> a live look at times square here in midtown manhattan on this mother's day. a lot of families out enjoying sunshine here. happy mother's day to all of our lovely mothers who are "fox & friends" fans and watch our show and make us the number one show in america. thank you. >> we just had my family live on the set, surprised me. >> tears. >> tears in your eyes. >> real tears. >> it was pretty nice. if my girls grow up and get teary every time i show up unexpectedly, i'll be thrilled. >> we talked to your wife, natalie and your mom on skype and susie carlson waiting in the wings. >> just saw her. >> tucker's wife will be out here in a little bit.

we'll say hi to her. we'll get to the bottom of the tucker carlson mystery. >> come on. >> and 1-800-flowers, we want to thank them for decking out our studio and anna's mom for bringing lovely flowers. >> all the way from north carolina with three races of flowers. pretty impressive. >> social media posts revealing the final hours of two women on board a hot air balloon that crashed. they were both on the coaching staff for the university of richmond's basketball team. the two tweeting and shara instagram pictures hours before the balloon hit a power line and caught fire. tornadoes out they were supposed to fly earlier that morning and ginny doyle tweeted this, tried it at 6:30 a.m. but was too foggy. will go up with evening. witnesses telling officials the pilot did everything he could to stop the balloon from crashing.

an investigation is under way after u.s. airways flight forced to make an emergency landing after fumes caused the crew to become ill. while flying from venice, italy, to philadelphia, nine flight attendants complained of nausea. the pilots turned the planard to make an emergency landing in dublin. nine crew members were rushed to the after l hospital after landing. u.p.s. workers told to cheat and lie to customers? that's what a new lawsuit against the delivery service is claiming. two brothers who owned and operated 11 stores in new york city say the company ordered them to lie about the size and weight of packages in order to jack up the prices. u.p.s. ended up pulling its franchise deal in february. the brothers leave it's because they blew the whistle on the policy to dupe customers. she threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the charlotte knights game. for an 8-year-old north carolina girl that wasn't the highlight of her day.

>> it's in there. let's hear it for her! >> is sel isabella's soldier da the catcher. after she flew him the first pitch, he took off the mask and surprised her. >> i thought it was a normal catcher but it suddenly appeared to be my dad. >> he's a 27-year-old veteran with the navy. he works for a transition program in germany but was able to return home for a visit. >> how cool. >> yes. >> that is awesome. >> that is pretty great. an update on story we've been tracking on fox news channel about the department of veteran affairs and the absolute mess that has unfolded. we brought you the news yesterday about what unfolded at the wyoming veteran affairs hospital there where e-mails were laid out -- laid it all out, if anyone wanted to get care, here's how we backdate the computer program, 15 days, if

you want your date on the 15th, we'll back date it to make it look like this particular veteran had service while they didn't. >> the update is really not that much has happened. one person has been placed on administrative leave. there is still no public reaction from the president of the united states who oversees all of this. who took time out of his busy schedule to attack an nba owner over comments he made that were ugly but he hasn't taken any time to talk about veterans who died from neglect at the v.a. mike kaufmann had this to say about the scandal. >> ultimately it's the president of the united states. the president of the united states needs to make a decision and if secretary shinseki doesn't resign, the president has an obligation to fire him. you have to bring in somebody who is willing to make the change, willing to fight the

bureaucracy that surrounds that individual at the top. he's unwilling to do that. he's been led by the bureaucracy. he has not led the bureaucracy. >> numerous lawmakers and veterans and groups have spoken out about this, asking for the resignation of secretary shinseki. he did take action on the 9th. when he found out about all of this. producers uncovered a report where some of these revelations had come forward already from wyoming and colorado. >> it seems like just a really systemic problem, right? in arizona and colorado, wyoming, washington, this sharon holeman, initially when she was in spokane washington miscounted suicide numbers. they just moved her to another state instead of losing her job. >> shinseki, when i asked

representative coffman about that very thing, is this more system systemic? isn't there a larger issue here? he said you have to start hear, get rid of him and you need someone who is brave enough to come in and change the entire culture. >> it would be nice to hear from the president. >> yes. the tendency on the left is to shut down debate with name calling. you saw it with condoleezza rice. you saw it with the president the other day. he said anyone who disagrees with his position on global warming is just crazy. you're seeing it now on common core. i'm not sure what i think of common core. i value my right to have an opinion. according to the southern poverty law center, anyone who disagrees with common core, is crazy. >> you're an extremist, tucker. it says it is being driven by the likes of fox news, the john birch society, tea party

factions and the christian right. if you disagree with it. we've had healthy debates, angry parents, supporters of common core on this show discussing it and debating it. fox news is perpetrating these lies about common core? no. >> we had a huge supporter of common core on our show who took questions in our green room from facebook and twitter and e-mails. he stayed here for four hours. he missed church for crying out loud because he staid here doing it. the idea is that we need to make sure that there can be healthy debate. we want to make sure our kids get educated because they are our future. it seems like it's worth debating and should not be silenced. >> you can't have a debate if you presume people who disagree with you are not wrong but evil. you see this with harry reid, for example, where the people who disagree with him are not just wrong, they're unpatriotic or dry destroying the earth.

the president makes this point constantly, the people who disagree with me want to hurt the poor. if you presume the people you're debating with are evil, it's not a debate. it's a name-calling session. you shut down rational discourse. that's a distressing trend. >> well said. e-mail us at friends@foxnews.com.com. rick, one of the best meteorologists in the country. i asked him for my daughter's second birthday party? he said it will rain like ten minutes. bingo. on the dot. >> you did say it rained for ten minutes twice. >> twice. you were a little wrong. >> i didn't get the second part on there. we have a lot of people here for mother's day. two generations of mother's days? >> i'm from georgia and this is my mom today here for mother's day. this is my daughter. >> this is your mother? >> there you go.

>> and more here? >> sue michaels from ohio. this is my mother from florida. >> happy mother's day. >> thank you very much. >> very good. mother's day, all around here at "fox & friends." guys, let's take a look at your weather map. we have a storm out across parts of the west bringing snow, may 11th. you get snow out across the rockies this time of year. you can get it into june. this is a pretty significant storm. seeing 1 to 2 feet of snow falling across the higher elevations. denver, maybe 5 to 8 and a little bit towards the northeastern part of the state. we'll see 3 to 5 inches, even up towards the panhandle of florida -- of nebraska, we'll see that as well. not florida. today your forecast 39 degrees in denver, cold, cold tomorrow. we'll see that wind. you will warm up eventually by wednesday or so. we'll take you through the temperatures. there will be big changes going on. heat across the central part of the country. it moves to the east this week. 85 tomorrow in chicago, 85 in new york, cooled down a little bit across the northeast. we'll have a wet week across

much of the northeast. but take a quick look at what happens out across the southwest by thursday, phoenix 101 and l.a., 100 degrees. that is very, very hot this time of year. they had that drought. not good news for them. >> back to you. >> thanks, rick. playing politics with race. the democratic congressman slams senator tim scott for being black and a republican saying he votes against his race. is this over the line? we'll have a day bait on that, next. >> and caught on camera, a near miss that almost caught this runner his life. look at this. incredible video. an ending you have to see. while a body in motion tends to stay in motion.

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but some don't see it that way. democratic congressman james clyburn complained to the "washington post" saying this, if you call progress electing a person with the pigmentation that he has, which is black, who votes against the interest and aspirations of 95% of the block people in south carolina, then i guess that's progress. was this over the line? lyburn politics? joining us now rnc deputy press secretary and radio talk show host, richard fowler. it seems that he can't have any political opinions he wants. just because he's black doesn't mean he has to believe one set of things, does it? >> i agree with you. i think what representative clyburn was trying to say is that what we've seen from tim scott and his voting record is a voting record that votes against not only african-americans and hispanics but a voting record that votes against the 24% of

south carolinian children who are in trouble here. >> that's not what he said, at least as i read it. he's black, he has a vote a certain way. no? >> what he said is the bottom line and tim scott is fight for all south carolinians. that's his job, what he's supposed to do. he's doing that through a jobs program, job training bill he just signed with corey booker. he's doing that through education access which is supported by the black community overwhelmingly. >> this is not exactly out of the blue. you hear this stuff all the time, ugly stuff aimed at black conservatives like clarence thomas, who's routinely called horrible names, i won't repeat them here, because he diverges ideologically from the majority of black voters. isn't that a sign of progress that you have a black person who has his own views on things? isn't that what we want? >> i don't think that's what

we're arguing against. i have no problem with clarence thomas having his own views or tim scott having their own views. the argument clyburn is traying to make, folks in the civil rights movement are trying to make, within you have a member of congress that votes against protecting people's voting rights or a member of congress that will cut wick programs, cut programs that benefit the african-american, latino, lgtbq community, you have a serious problem on your hands. that's the argument representatives are trying to make when they call them out for horrible decisions they've made or the horrible voting record they have in the united states senate when it comes to the issues affecting the inner cities. >> this is all subjective, isn't it raffi? the programs might be a disaster. can't we debate this stuff or no? >> we should be able to have a debate. these are two people, both supreme court justice thomas and senator scott who came up from nothing. they've achieved the american dream and they've seen how they've done it and understand how they best can expand access

to the american dream for all americans. doesn't matter what color or race you are. that's what they're doing out there and doing. people are saying oh, because he did "x," that means he doesn't like black body. that's not true. >> this guy is getting -- this is racial bullying. clyburn wouldn't have said this if he was white and you know that, richard fowler, come on now. >> like i said, i don't speak for the representative or what he said. i think the point he's trying to make is the same. you have a member that votes against the interest of african-americans. >> wait, wait. >> people in south carolina -- >> who defines what that interest is? [ talking at once ] >> that's not true. that's not true. >> that's true. >> programs that allow expanding voting for people does not -- the voting rights act is not a failure. tim scott tried to vote against it and obstruct it multiple times. >> why are you obstructing school choice, not allowing access to kids to get the best education possible so they can succeed?

>> wait a minute now, wait a minute now. we're mixing apples and oranges. let's talk about school privacy if you would like. >> chris, response? >> when we're talking about access to public schools, what we need to do is invest in our teachers and treat our teacher as professionals. that's what we're not seeing from tim scott. >> thanks for the debate. i appreciate it. we could go on much longer. >> thanks. >> thanks. he is the very definition of a hero, putting his life on the line to save his fellow soldiers, army sergeant kyle white, soon to be a recipient the medal of honor. this nation's highest award. he joins us in a moment with his amazing story. this would be one long subway ride, china to the united states by train. how does that even work? the chinese have an idea. we'll tell you what it is ♪ i'm going off the rails on a crazy train ♪

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welcome back. 22 minutes past the hour. the search is on for three missing boaters in folsom lake outside of sacramento, california. the 40-foot speed boat capsized. three passengers on board haven't been seen since. the search will resume this morning. in china, they are considering the construction of a $200 billion railway to the united states. it would cut through siberia, underneath the bering strait, through alaska and canada to the continental united states. the trip would take about two days to complete and reach speeds over 200 miles an hour. that seems like it would be a massive undertaking.

so honored to have our next guest, u.s. army sergeant kyle white, the firefight began without warning. >> he put his own life at risk in an hour long effort to try and save his fellow soldiers during an ambush in afghanistan. >> he will ab warded this country's highest honor, on may 13th, the medal of honor. joining us now in his first television army, a true american hero, army sergeant kyle white. we're honored to have you first of all, second, congratulations for the recognition you deserve. tell us how this started. you were dismounted. it was 2007 in afghanistan. and what happened? >> well, first of all thank you for having me on. second of all, happy mother's day to all the mothers watching. on the mission that day, it was actually on 8 november 2007 we were moving to the village of aranas to engage in what's known

as a sharaa meeting. we were going to speak with them and move back to base the next day. and we left on the evening of 8 november, moved to the village, engaged in the meeting the next day and we were ambushed on -- about 3:30 in the afternoon on our way back to our home base. >> so you then -- all hell broke loose. the taliban ambushed your patrol while leaving this meeting. what happened next that changed your life forever? >> yes, how it started was, just a single shot to the far left of us, two shots and then the entire valley erupted. and you know, over the next few hours, those events would change my life forever. and you know, during that time, during the ambush, we'd lose six american heroes and --

>> sergeant, you could have easily lost your life. you leave a covered position and expose your yourself to enemy fire to save your comrades. at that moment was there ever a thought that passes your mind that says i'm going to stay oregon was the courage so strong that you knew what you had to do? >> during that time, especially the moments before i ran out to try to help marine sergeant box, you don't think what you're you're doing, especially in that moment with that much fire coming in. your adrenaline is pumping. all you know is you have a fallen comrade out there who needs your help. and in that situation, you fall back on your training. you know? i knew at that moment that if the roles were reversed and i was out there, that sergeant box would come out and help me as well. really, there was no decision as to what i had to do. >> meanwhile, when this all

unfolded, a rocket propelled grenade landed and knocked you out, knocked you out cold. you were unconscious. describe what you saw when you woke up from that? >> yes. as the rpg came in, it knocked men conscious. that was in the first probably 30 seconds of the ambush. as soon as i came to, i was about -- face down on a rock that was buried in the trail and as i was picking my face up, probably a couple inches from the rock, an enemy round landed on that rock and ricocheted into my face. that brought me back to reality pretty quick. >> so few americans receive the medal of honor and fewer still who are still alive, only receiven from iraq and afghanistan. your father was a special forces soldier in the vietnam era. what was his response? how is he feeling about this? this must be amazing for him. >> he's very proud of me.

he makes it a point to text and call me every day to tell me that he's proud of me. >> good for him. >> he's excited and excited to be a part of it. >> we're excited to have you here and share in all this with you. good luck to you. in 2011 you went to unc charlotte and used the gi bill and now you're an investment analyst. we wish you well in all of those endeavors, too. >> thank you very much. >> thank you so much, sergeant. congratulations. unbelievable. coming up here on the show, first it was the bundy ranch in nevada, then another piece of land in texas. are the feds now looking to take over land in ut snut. and they're going to bat against breast cancer today. these mothers and cancer survivors will be major league baseball bat girls. they'll bring us their story and their pink bats, next. [ female announcer ] who are we?

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and her mom. happy mother's day. >> and producer ryan actutully his mother, joanne, with all her boys. >> marissa dunn, retiring next week after 35 years of teaching. >> congratulations. >> you raised a wonderful daughter. marissa is lovely. >> they look like twins. >> they're in italy, having fun. >> look at that. >> look at this, senior producer megan and her mother joy. >> she looks beautiful. beautiful there. >> i love it. >> i'm saying that not because she's talking to us in our ear. i want her it know she looks beautiful. >> speaking of looking beautiful, gorgeous. >> rick. >> megan has one of the coolest moms you'll ever met. she's a blast. not all moms are a blast. do you think all moms are fun?

or are all moms fun or great. >> they're both. they're both. absolutely. >> great. >> you're a fun mom? >> oh, absolutely. yes. >> do you have a child here who can attest to that? >> no. >> perfect. okay. let's take a look at the weather map. we do have severe weather today unfortunately for some moms across parts of kansas and nebraska and iowa, i think we're looking at the chance for pretty significant tornadoes today. this afternoon into evening, we need to watch that. anywhere you see the yellow could see severe weather. the tornado threat is where the red was. the threat moves a little to the east, not as big of a tornado threat tomorrow, more wind and hail. we can't rule out a tornado. just be prepared. the northeast, spectacular. if you are here, enjoy it. it's going to change. by wednesday we have rain that will move in and last for four to five days. enjoy today. down across the southeast, we'll see scattered garden variety showers across parts of mississippi, alabama, into tennessee, as the day heats up.

most of west texas, where the drought is, very warm. towards the northern plains, the worst of the severe weather, iowa, nebraska, kansas area as the day heats up, we'll see significant thunderstorms and we're also going to see a lot of rain. be prepared for a lil' bit of flooding possibly and then down towards the southwest and the west coast, the coastal areas looking great. we have the snow across the central rockies, towards the denver area today. back to you. now to the headlines, france joining british and u.s. forces in nigeria to help find those nearly 300 school girls kidnapped by the boko haram terror group. they hope to lauocate where the islamist extremists are hiding. this morning, boko haram being blamed for the bombing of a bridge in northeastern nigeria that killed several people and abducting the wife and two children of a retired police

officer. utah, the latest state to join the fight against the bureau of land management. dozens of atv riders protesting the closing of a trail. protesters say the bureau is cheating them out of outdoor recreation. the blm says it's looking to punish any of those riders. well, look at this. this is a runner just inches away from really getting killed by a car. the driver posted this video online. it shows a runner with zero regard for traffic or a death wish. the driver says he tried to find the runner after but he was gone. couldn't find him. elin nordegren getting in a jab at tiger woods during a college commencement speech.

she talked about how much her life has changed since enrolling in rollands college in 2005. >> today, nine years later, i'm a proud american and i have two beautiful children but i'm no longer married. >> nordegren graduated at the top of her rollins college class with a degree in psychology. winter park, florida, divorce jokes aren't typically that funny but in this case -- >> she pulled it off. >> it kind of is. let's get outside to anna who has some special guests. >> we are going to bat to bat out breast cancer. every mother's day, major league baseball selects an honorary bat girl, one whose commitment is strong to eliminating the disease. we have stephanie and elizabeth as well as mlb network reporter

and host, sam ryan. looking beautiful in pink today. >> good morning. >> sam, i'll start with you. tell me about the program and how you judge. >> we received numerous submissions from so many women battling breast cancer or have battled breast cancer and are willing to share think struggles with us and their commitment to the cause. myself along with freddie freeman, elongoria and numerous others, we've received several entries and wanted to see who represented major league baseball as a fan but yet could share their story in a creative way. >> in ballparks across the country, what are we going to be seeing? >> the teams with home games will be honoring their honorary bat girl winner such as stephanie today at citi field with the mets. the players, they'll be wearing

pink wristbands. >> i love that. >> there will be the pink logo breast cancer symbol decal on all the on-field personnel. the bases will have the logo and the lineup cards will be in pink today. >> just like we see with the nfl wearing the pink cleats. >> exactly. >> stephanie, congratulations. >> thank you. >> it's amazing that you're sharing your story. you were diagnosed with a routine mammogram. >> yes. >> tell bus that. >> i went for a mammogram last year in may. it was my son's birthday and i figured i'm usually there half an hour, so i set aside half an hour and they kept sending me back in for more and more images. she said we want to do an ultrasound. i said, okay, let's do the ultrasound. they said we need to do a biopsy. was stage one, very treatable. i had a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and and radiation. i'm incredibly honored to be named the honorary bat girl for the mets. >> it's amazing that the rates have decreased by 34% since

1990. a lot of it is because of efforts like this, raising awareness and getting women to get mammograms just like you. liz, tell us your story. you were diagnosed in 2011. >> i was. i found a lump in my armpit. i went to my doctor and she sent me for a mammogram. i figured it would be routine. just maybe a sift or something of that nature. they told me they found a lump in my left breast. i remember crying. being like, okay, i'm 32 years old. i'm not supposed to have breast cancer. i don't have any family history. i went back to my car, i was supposed to go back to work but i didn't. my doctor called me within 20 minutes and i was in her office and my father was the closest. he came to me with -- to my gynecologist, we went from there. i was at the surgeon that night. the next day we were supposed to go for an mri. it spiralled from that. that was april 13th, 2011.

i was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. we did what we needed to do from there. >> cancer free? >> yes, three years. >> that feels good, doesn't it? >> yes, it does. i go back for checkups, do what i want to do, troy to avoid doctors at all costs. being here with the yankees and proud to represent all women and men who have battled breast cancer and are survivors. >> liz and stephanie and sam, thank you so much for your time today. we'll toss it back to the boys. let's give them a swing. can everybody get up and give a swing. >> this could be dangerous. >> how are we looking? >> someone is going to lose an eye out there. one major fast food chain banning guns because that makes other people feel uncomfortable. do you agree? we'll debate it. and maria bartiromo is here. she sat down with house speaker

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and welcome back. we've been talking about the benghazi select committee and the seven republican members who have joined that, no democrats yet. >> have you wondered how speaker john boehner came to this decision? have you been wondering about that? >> maria bartiromo is wondering and she just asked him that in her exclusive interview that's going to air on "sunday morning futures." she's here to give us a preview. thanks for joining us. >> thank you so much. good to see you. >> what did he say. >> he said he put this group together because some of these folks have been covering and have been involved in the

investigation and others have not. what he said was ethics and a commitment to get to the truth. we still do not know what nancy pelosi is going to do at this point. you know they've been saying this is politicizing this horrible attack and they want six and six. why didn't you go six and six, republican/democrats as opposed to seven, five. he was coy on that and had -- he said, look, the house has a majority, bottom line. this committee should have a majority. i asked him if clinton is going to get subpoenaed. then we went into other subjects, talking about tax reform, the economy and lois lerner. what happens now that she has been in contempt of congress? >> i think we have a preview, a tease. >> you whetted our appetite. >> i'm sorry. >> i'm getting all wound up. >> this is from the interview you'll see next hour, maria with the speaker ever the house. >> i tried to find people who

had worked on this investigation and others who, frankly, had not. but bright, energetic. and people committed to getting to the facts. this is a serious investigation. i don't want theater. i don't want a side show. i want the members of this committee to find the facts for the four families who lost their loved ones. >> why seven republicans and five democrats? why didn't you go six and six? >> well, because republicans have the majority in the house. and the way the house operates, the majority has more members and as a result, on each of the committees we have more members. now, leader pelosi, once she created the so-called climate change committee, i think it was 8-5. >> there have been some people saying, you know, how many investigations do we have to have? until we get to the bottom of it. for crying out loud. do you think this smoking gun e-mail that came out last week

had anything to do with him pauling the trigger and going ahead and doing this? >> 100% it was the e-mail. it's indicative of the fact that there were lines changed, words changed. there was the communication after the attack on september 11th. the days and weeks that followed did not jive with what we are learning now. so he just wants to find out exactly what happened, why was our embassy attacked? four americans killed. and how come there was a cover-up right after? >> what does he say about keystone? >> i say how do you move the lever on job creation? he said we have 40 bills sitting in the senate. >> where are the jobs? >> he said how about keystone? we have spoken in the past. this is low-hanging fruit. high paying jobs, this will put 40,000 plus people to work. he thinks this is one of the easiest ways to get jobs right now in america. we talked other areas of job creation as well. >> working hard on this mother's day. we'd be remiss if we didn't ask

you to give a shot out. >> this is when my mom josephine and i were at a health spa. we went to arizona together. i figured let's take a picture. >> is that canyon ranch. >> yes, in tucson. it was awesome! my mom and i enjoyed that very much. >> that is so cool. >> happy mother's day. >> thanks for showing that. how swede are you guys. >> your show starts in 11 minutes. "sunday morning futures." beginning at 10:00 a.m. >> a fantastic show. coming up, a graduation speech like no other. easy for me to say. it's not about what was said but where. we'll show you that, next. and what's tucker like when he's not sitting on the curvy couch? we get the skinny skate from the source. his wife, suzie, coming up. ♪ i'm picking up good vibrati s vibrations ♪

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>> we have some headlines for you. fast food chain jack in the box banned firearms inside its restaurant. this came after a gun control group pressured the fast food chain to reverse its policy. >> and the university of connecticut makes news. >> maybe i should give the speech in a different orientation. >> that's nasa's rick at the international space station, that is, of course, in space. he took a break to give grads

some words of wisdom while upside down. >> that's better than snooki. >> you know what's better? >> what's better than that. >> we have been celebrating mother's day all morning with special moms in our lives. >> and now it's my turn. making her debut is tucker's wife, sue susie. >> look at them holding hands. >> it's too much. >> you have just given us some insight. what is tucker like at home. >> i wouldn't know what to say. can you be more specific? he is always cheery. >> always? >> abss lawsuitly. >> it's a little bit hard for us

to imagine what it's not like. >> how did you guys meet? is it true you guys have been together since you were 15? >> yep. >> who are we seeing on the screen? >> off the air and on the air but off the air and commercial breaks and stuff. we both married up significantly. he's a great father, a great father and a great co-host. >> he says the same about you guys, i have to say. >> there are things between a husband and wife that we can't

do ourselves. i mean, i didn't mean to go through but. >> susie always goes there. >> our oldest daughter did text her and say i hope pop is getting you jewelry. >> diamonds. yeah. >> we have three daughters. >> did you get her something special this year? >> always. >> well happy mother's day to you. >> coming up on the show, more fox and friends. ♪

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>> happy mother's day everyone. thank you all for being here. >> great guests on the show. >> it's unbelievable. >> i'm playing the role of my mom. we will be back next weekend. happy mother's day. >> will they or won't they participate on a special selection committee on benghazi. this is sunday morning futures. still no word from nancy closy as to whether democrats are all in or all out. it's just one of the things i discuss with john boehner. what's next following consent charges at the